\n Egremont Amateur Boxing Club (ABC) has been running for four years, providing a place in the town for members of all ages to train, as well as creating a ‘safe space’ for many to form friendships and build confidence.\n<\/p>\n
\n The club has been operating out of the town’s Conservative Club for the last three years; however, in recent months, they have found the facility to no longer be viable for training.\n<\/p>\n
\n Alan Toole, who is one of the coaches running the club alongside Mally Caton, has said that if a new home cannot be found, the boxing club will have to close.\n<\/p>\n
\n Boxers come from ‘all over’ West Cumbria to practise at the club, with Alan estimating around 60 people attend training, usually four or five nights every week.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It kicked off well, and then we’ve never really dipped,” said Alan.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It gives a bit of a community spirit. It is the town\u2019s gym really, it had been nothing but absolutely brilliant since we started it, you get all walks of life coming in there.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The club has also had successes, winning two box cups and heading over to Sweden to compete, as well as hosting six home shows in the last three years.\n<\/p>\n
\n However, if the club can’t find a permanent base quickly, Alan says they are going to have to close, a decision that is ‘devastating’ for all those connected to the club.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “We are more gutted for the kids, really.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s been our life for the last four years, to be honest; any spare minute we have had, we’ve been down there with the kids.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We have looked everywhere, and we are still looking, but we just hope that we can get something.\n<\/p>\n
\n “What we want is a permanent home, somewhere we can lock the doors at night and keep it going for the kids.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Alan thanked Anthony Brettle, the club chairman, who he said has been an ‘absolutely fantastic’ volunteer in supporting the coaches.\n<\/p>\n
\n The club has been closed for now while the team tries to find a permanent home over the coming months, and if this can’t be achieved, Alan says the club will have to make a permanent decision to close the doors.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I have had phone calls off parents and they are very distraught that is the most gutting thing about it, the kids. I\u2019ll be gutted because I have been around boxing all my life and to set my own gym up was great, but my sadness comes from I feel like I\u2019ve let the kids down.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The club is reaching out to the community for help, saying, “If you know of any premises, warehouse, unit, community building, or even a piece of land that could be suitable for Egremont ABC, please get in touch.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Every lead, recommendation, and share could make all the difference.”\n<\/p>\n
\n For anyone who may be able to help the club with their appeal, you can contact them on their Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Egremont Amateur Boxing Club (ABC) has been running for four years, providing a place in the town for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":716960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-716959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=716959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/716960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=716959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=716959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=716959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}